Chinese hackers stole the weapons design

     Washington. Cyber ​​War between China and the U.S. is staggering. First American companies, then the consumer, and this time go one step ahead.  Dragon hackers attacked the U.S. defense system. A U.S. report said that more than two dozen weapons systems designs have been put into the hands of Chinese hackers. Moreover, the new headquarters of Chinese hackers have stolen Blueprints of the Australian intelligence agency.
 
       A U.S. Defense Department report prepared by the Defense Science Board, according to the Washington Post, wrote that the thefts of fighter aircraft, ships and missile defense system designs are related. This defense systems in Europe, Asia and the Gulf countries are essential. Chinese hackers penetrated the security of government agencies and stole designs for missile defense systems, combat aircraft designs (FA -18, -22 V Osprey, Black Hawk helicopters and F-35 fighter jets) while being untraceable. The U.S. and Allied security is at stake.
 
     The report did not say when these cyber attacks occurred.  Neither the government, the Army or the Contractor victim's computer contain any forensic information. The Pentagon sent a report to Congress earlier this month.

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61398 - China or Israel?

     This recent article that was posted on theVerge.com on May 22nd explains that the US Congress is considering proposing new laws in order to allow American Companies to wage cyber attacks against China if current Intellectual Property theft crimes against US Companies continue to occur.  Several Terabytes of data have been stolen containing military secrets.  This page from the National Defense Magazine continues to suggest that 61398, the online group to blame, are the Chinese Military's secret People's Liberation Army.  It all adds up considering that the US does owe China approximately $1.3 trillion dollars.  Shouldn't China feel that they have the right to collect their debt in anyway at their disposal?  Several authorities have already suggested that China has a much more powerful cyber army than the US, and if not are expected to by the year 2030.

 

     However, havf8, an established youtube poster, has been suggesting since March of 2013 that 61398 is not based in Shanghai, as the majority of google results would lead one to believe, but that it are actually a unit based out of Tel Aviv, Israel.  In this convincing video that havf8 has posted on youtube months ago, he explains why Israel would have a reason to mislead the US into believing that the attacks are coming from China.  Supposedly both countries have reasons to want to go to war with America.  Havf8 explains how Israel is using China as a phantom to deceive the US into believing that China is responsible.

 

     All in all, one has any way of knowing where these Intellectual Property theft attacks are coming from, but they are happening.  Several advisers have already commented that allowing US companies to wage cyber wars against China would not be a good idea.  America already relies on them too much and causing further diplomatic tensions would not be of use to anyone.  The US companies should work on securing their own defenses rather than start more confrontations based on theory.  Honeypots, or misinformation, could be set up in order to conclude where the leaked information is showing up at.   Instead of jumping to conclusions hopefully the current administration has all of this information and can settle this matter responsibly.  God Bless.

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